“What is happening is heartbreaking. Our prayers are for peace in Lebanon, Syria and the whole world” Patriarch John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox contacted many hierarchs in Lebanon by phone: Rev. Metropolitans Elias Audi (Beirut), Elias Kfoury (Tyre and Sidon), Silouan Moussa (Mount Lebanon), Basilios Mansour (Akkar),…

On Sunday, September 16/29, 2024, the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, this feast was celebrated in the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, located in West Jerusalem near the Jewish Parliament. The feast is celebrated again in this Holy Historical Monastery, in which the historical Theological School of the Patriarchate functioned from…

The relationship between the Church and nature, as well as the interpretation of Orthodox theology in relation to the sciences, were central themes in the speech delivered by His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece in Kavala. The Archbishop was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Department of Physics at the School of…

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou is on an official visit to Nicosia, following an invitation from President Nikos Christodoulides, to attend the 64th anniversary celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Cyprus. Following the welcoming ceremony, the two Presidents held a private meeting at the Presidential Palace, followed by extended talks on…

During his stay in Athens, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received several notable visitors at his residence. Among them were Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Dodoni, President of the Synodal Office of Pilgrimage Tours of the Church of Greece, accompanied by Archimandrite Spyridon Katramados, Secretary of the same Office, as well as Metropolitan Efstathios of Monemvasia and…

On Tuesday, 1 October 2024, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne, made his way to the city of Geelong in Victoria and liturgised on the Feast Day of the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God Gorgoepikoos, at the celebrating Holy Monastery of Panagia Gorgoepikoos in the Lovely Banks region. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos…

On Saturday, September 28, 2024, the Metropolis of Pittsburgh participated in its Annual Clergy-Laity Assembly at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sessions were hosted for both clerical and lay parish leaders; for example, the Metropolis of Pittsburgh’s Youth and Young Adult Ministry hosted an insightful Youth Worker/Religious Education Track, with participants including…

Brooklyn, NY – A. Fantis School is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious National Blue Ribbon Award, an honor reserved for the top-performing schools in the nation. Fewer than 50 nonpublic schools receive this recognition annually, representing less than 1% of schools across the country. This marks an extraordinary achievement for…

On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, following the 13th Assembly meeting of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the U.S.A., hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate met in Atlanta, Georgia, under the presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. The 17 hierarchs represented various eparchies under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, namely the Greek…